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Author:Carson, RachelSummary:Carson's writing teems with stunning, memorable images--the newly formed Earth cooling beneath an endlessly overcast sky; the centuries of nonstop rain that created the oceans; giant squids battling sperm whales hundreds of fathoms...
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Author:Shelake, RupertSummary:Stimulating and often startling discussions between three friends, all highly original thinkers: Rupert Sheldrake, controversial biologist, Terence McKenna , psychedelic visionary, and Ralph Abraham , chaos mathematician. Their passion...
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Author:Guillen, MichaelSummary:In nearly all aspects of life, modern science is leading us into vast uncharted territory. Today scientists are performing experiments that threaten to fundamentally alter the practical character and ethical color of our everyday lives...
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The Edge of the Sea introduces a world of teeming life where the sea meets the land.
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Author:Klemm, EbenSummary:The original cocktails Eben Klemm creates as master mixologist for B.R. Guest Restaurants in New York City are the talk of the town. Now you can learn to mix like a master with The Cocktail Primer: All You Need to Know to Make the...
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Author:Summary:Have you ever wondered why levers and pulleys make it easy to lift heavy objects' Or thought about what it is that makes a combustion engine work'The Book of Basic Machines will give you the information you need to understand key...
- Author:Kotler, StevenSummary:
Steven Kotler decodes the secrets of those elite performers--athletes, artists, scientists, CEOs and more--who have changed our definition of the possible, teaching us how we too can stretch far beyond our capabilities, making...
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Author:Tymony, CySummary:Author and delightfully mad scientist Cy Tymony combines the fun of his Sneaky Uses series with a host of fascinating science facts and resourceful tricks in Sneaky Science Tricks, a uniquely entertaining and educational how-to guide...
- Author:Bryce, RobertSummary:
In this provocative and optimistic rebuke to the catastrophists, Robert Bryce shows how innovation and the inexorable human desire to make things Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper is providing consumers with Cheaper and more...
- Author:Kouzes, JamesSummary:
For many with a background in humanities, the thought of exploring the sciences can seem to be daunting at best. This can be especially true with regard to physics which often incorporates complex mathematical formulas as well. But that...
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Author:Offit, Paul A.Summary:What happens when ideas presented as science lead us astray? History is full of brilliant ideas that led to disaster. This book presents accounts of how science has been misused disastrously, and how we can learn to use its power for...
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Author:David, Leonard, Aldrin, BuzzSummary:Legendary "space statesman" Buzz Aldrin speaks out as a vital advocate for the continuing quest to push the boundaries of the universe as we know it. He has a vision, and in this book he plots out the path he proposes--one...
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Author:Simon, William L., Manning, RobSummary:Despite our enduring quest for knowledge, we have yet to discover if life exists anywhere else in the universe. Ten years and billions of dollars in the making, the Mars rover Curiosity is poised to answer this question. Here, the...
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Author:Capra, FritjofSummary:Leonardo da Vinci was a brilliant artist, scientist, engineer, mathematician, architect, inventor, writer, and even musician—the archetypal Renaissance man. But he was also, Fritjof Capra argues, a profoundly modern man. Not only did...
- Author:Thomas, LewisSummary:
This collection of 24 essays is a perfect introduction to the world of Lewis Thomas. Topics ranging from the riddle of smelling to nuclear proliferation carry the gentle, unassuming persuasiveness that characterizes the author's work....
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Author:Seidensticker, BobSummary:Everyone knows that today's rate of technological change is unprecedented. With technological breakthroughs from the Internet to cell phones to digital music and pictures, everyone knows that the social impact of technology has...
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Author:Allport, SusanSummary:Explorers of the Black Box is a scientific adventure story. The "Black Box" is the brain. The "Explorers" are neuroscientists in search of how nerve cells record memories, and they are as ruthless and dauntless as...
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Author:Rosen, Michael J., Kassoy, Ben, Lawless, M. SweeneySummary:Part brainy quiz book, part brawny stand-up comedy and all one hysterical anatomy lesson, Any Body's Guess!: Quirky Quizzes About What Makes You Tick poses 100 questions about this amazing machine, the human body, with its hopelessly...
